2017 All-Sun Belt Team & Top 30 Players

2017 CFN Preseason Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year

It’s going to be a tough, tough year to be a standout running back in the Sun Belt. Troy’s all-around scoring machine Jordan Chunn, Appalachian State’s Jalin Moore, South Alabama’s Xavier Johnson, and the stars of the Georgia Southern rushing attack will all put up huge numbers. But Rose should bounce back from a tough year and shine above them all.

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Banged up, he still finished with 865 yards last season. However, when he’s right – like he appears to be this year – he’s unstoppable, ripping off 1,651 yards and 14 scores in 2015, and 1,102 yards and nine scores as a freshman. He can catch, too.

2017 CFN Preseason Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year

DE Ja’Von Rolland-Jones, Sr. Arkansas State

While the 6-2, 244-pounder might not exactly be built like your normal pass rushing defensive end, he’s a terror who’s been getting it done for the last few years, coming up with 13 sacks last season with 57 tackles and 21 tackles for loss after cranking up 16 sacks in his previous two seasons.

The lone returning starter to a good defensive front, Rolland-Jones get some help from Dee Liner on the inside, but he’ll have to get used to being keyed on even more than normal. He’ll still produce.